Fortune.com video above published Dec 6, 2018. Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei (and the daughter of the company's founder) was arrested earlier this week in Canada, is facing a series of fraud charges that could set the stage for her extradition to the U.S., a Canadian prosecutor has revealed.

Huawei arrest heightens US-China trade tensions

Financial Times (ft.com) video above published Dec 6, 2018: Canada has arrested Huawei’s CFO following a US extradition request, reigniting investor concerns over heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing days after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping tried to resolve their trade conflict at the G20 summit.

Arrest shakes Huawei--Global Skepticism of Huawei's Business Grows--nytimes.com: "all around the globe, the walls are going up for Huawei ... a wider patch of the world appears to be siding with Washington against Chinese technology."

"History shows that once the Treasury yield curveinverts (10s yield less than 2s) a US recession is likely."--datatrekresearch.com

Editor's note: the above quote is about as helpful as saying, "History shows that when a person is born, they will die." The data shows there is a considerable lag time from the time of the first 10/2 inversion to the point where a recession manifests itself, sometimes years (look at the chart above or here or here (e.g., 2006 inversion to 2008 recession).

Next week the Brexit vote is scheduled for December 11, 2018:Editor's note:if you always wanted to invest in the UK or London-listed companies, or own some London real estate, there may be some real opportunities emerging.

"Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful."--Warren Buffett.

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Microsoft$MSFT is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge on Windows 10--windowscentral.com.